On to chapter VI of From Colony to Superpower, but first make sure to read Paul's final thoughts on chapter V (here and here). He takes issue (as several others have) with my effort to ferret out a causal relationship between slavery and the debate...
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Due to annoying illness and extended work commitments, part 5 of From Colony to Superpower will be delayed until tomorrow afternoon. Until then, see Paul from Subnumine:Herring does have a.
Erik introduces chapter five of From Colony to Superpower (for older posts click on the tag), which covers the period between 1837 and 1861. The customary random observations:Herring discusses the.
Reading Herring has made Erik irritable:I think I am just more outraged by this period in American foreign policy than Rob. Rob was able to focus on a lot of important issues that I didn't much explore--normalization of relations with Britain, probably a slightly more...
On to chapter IV of From Colony to Superpower…Herring clearly prefers the last of the Virginia Dynasty to the previous two. Much of the credit for Monroe’s foreign policy competence.
Erik leads off this week's discussion of From Colony to Superpower. Chapter 3 deals with the period between 1801 and 1815. This period saw the dominance of the Republicans, and.
Erik writes about the harsh criticism that John Jay received upon returning from Europe on the conclusion of the Jay Treaty. This was ridiculous. Herring states that Jay probably gave up more than he had to on these issues. Maybe. But this was the United...
George Washington composed his Farewell Address in cooperation with James Madison and Alexander Hamilton. The process took roughly five years, as the initial text was prepared in anticipation of a.
Erik's response to my FCTS I (From Colony to Superpower: Chapter 1) post is up. A lot of the discussion we've been having regards counterfactuals, which is plenty entertaining but.
Erik Loomis and I have embarked on a project to evaluate George Herring's new book, From Colony to Superpower. Herring is a well-respected historian of the Vietnam Era, and has produced a roughly 900-page book on the history of American foreign policy. Each Sunday, Erik...
Sometimes simple questions result in enormous projects. The question that Andrew Gordon tackles in Rules of the Game amounts to this: Why did the Grand Fleet fail to destroy the.
On September 6, I opened up my e-mail and found the following:Dear Robert Farley, I hope this email finds you well.I am organizing a few discussions on Party of Defeat.The.